Jeremiah 14:18-20

International Children’s Bible

¹⁸If I go into the country,
    I see people killed by swords.
If I go into the city,
    I see much sickness because the people have no food.
Both the priests and the prophets
    have been taken to a foreign land.’”

¹⁹Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah?
    Do you hate Jerusalem?
Why have you hurt us so badly
    that we cannot be made well again?
We hoped for peace,
    but nothing good has come.
We looked for a time of healing,
    but only terror came.
²⁰Lord, we admit that we are very wicked.
    We admit that our ancestors did evil things.
    We have sinned against you.